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fishermen selected lodge on Roa Island during 

 their fortnight's course of study, which includes 

 twenty lessons of two hours each. 



In every respect the classes have been a decided 

 success ; and while at first there was some 

 difficulty in filling the places, quite the opposite 

 is now the case, and every year there are 

 many more applications than there are places. 

 While the principal object aimed at was the 

 simple diffusion of knowledge concerning the 

 natural history of common edible animals, the 

 men have gradually been brought to see that 

 there are general principles underlying the by- 

 laws which they are expected to obey ; the old, 

 bitter feeling against the restrictions in force, 

 while it is far from having disappeared, is now 

 much less violent than was formerly the case ; 

 and this good result is owing in large measure to 

 the effects of the instruction given by the 

 scientific staff of the sea-fisheries committee. 



References 



1. Proceedings of the Committee ; may be con- 

 sulted at the Clerk's Office, County Offices, 

 Preston. 



2. Quarterly Reports of the Superintendent; 

 published at the Superintendent's Office, i6, 

 Walton's Parade. Preston. 



3. Annual Reports of the Lancashire Sea- 

 Fisheries Laboratory at the University of Liverpool 

 and of the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel ; published 

 for the Sea-Fisheries Committee by C. Tinling 

 & Co. Liverpool. 



4. Statistical Tables and Memorandum relating 

 to the Sea-Fisheries of the United Kingdom, 1889 

 to 1902 ; published by the Board of Trade. 

 Later information relating to the statistics of the 

 Lancashire Sea-Fisheries is contained in the 

 Reports of Proceedings under Acts relating to Sea- 

 Fisheries (England and Wales) ; published by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



5. Sea-Fisheries, England and Wales ; Annual 

 Reports of the Inspectors of Fisheries, 1888 to 

 1902 ; published by the Board of Trade prior to 

 1902, and by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries since that year. 



6. Herdman and Dawson ; Fishes and Fisheries 

 of the Irish Sea and especially of the Lancashire and 

 Western Sea-Fisheries District; 1 902, London 

 and Liverpool, G. Philip & Son. 



7. British Association Handbooks; Liverpool 

 meeting 1896, and Southport meeting 1903. 



8. Aflalo ; The Sea-Fishing Industry of England 

 and Wales; London, 1904, Stanford. 



9. Johnstone; British Fisheries; London, 

 Williams & Norgate, 1905. 



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